Come Out and Play
Studio album by Twisted Sister
Released	November 9, 1985
Recorded	1985 New York and Los Angeles
Genre	Metal[1]
Length	39:36 (46:02 with bonus track)
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Dieter Dierks
Professional reviews
All Music Guide Link
Twisted Sister chronology
Stay Hungry (May 10, 1984) Come Out and Play (November 9, 1985) Love Is For Suckers (August 13, 1987)

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Overview

After the success of Stay Hungry, Twisted Sister were faced with the question whether they should continue in a more pop-oriented direction or return to their early heavy metal roots. They tried to do a bit of both, but the approach proved unsuccessful since Come Out and Play marked the start of the band's decline. According to an interview with the lead singer and songwriter Dee Snider found in the CD sleeve of Club Daze 1: The Studio Sessions, The Shangri-Las cover "Leader of the Pack" which was first included on Ruff Cuts (1982), an early E.P. mostly unknown to those outside the core fan base, was intended to boost the band's popularity while keeping old fans pleased. Eventually neither that one nor "Be Chrool To Your Scuel" featuring such musical guests as Alice Cooper, Brian Setzer and Billy Joel among many others received the reaction that the band was expecting. Dee Snider (on right) David Daniel Dee Snider (born March 15, 1955) is an American musician, radio personality, and actor. ... The Shangri-Las on the cover of a modern collection of their works. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ... Brian Setzer (born April 10, 1959 in Massapequa, Long Island, New York) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. ... William Martin Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, pianist, songwriter, composer and musician. ...

Although the album sold more than 500,000 copies, earning the band gold albums, supporting tour was a fiasco with cancelled dates and low attendances. Drummer A.J. Pero left the band after the tour contributing further to the chaos which eventually lead to band's breakup after the release of Love Is For Suckers in 1987. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with RIAA certification. ... Anthony Jude Pero (born October 14, 1959) is the drummer of the American heavy metal band Twisted Sister. ... Love Is for Suckers is the 5th album by the Metal[2] group Twisted Sister. ...

From a musical viewpoint, the album was not a huge departure from Stay Hungry, despite a little more commercial sounding production by Scorpions Producer, Dieter Dierks. The vocals though, lacked the crisp of earlier records, partly due to the down tuned guitars. A scorpion is an invertebrate animal with eight legs belonging to the order Scorpiones in the class Arachnida. ... http://shopping. ...

Music videos of "Leader of the Pack" and "Be Chrool to Your School" followed the comedic nature of band's earlier videos but the latter featuring Alice Cooper was banned by MTV on the grounds that it was offensive. There was no video for the album's last single, You Want What We Got. Instead, the band released 4 videos, (We're Not Gonna Take It, I Wanna Rock, Leader Of The Pack & Be Chrool To Your Scuel). as the "Come Out And Play: The Videos home video in 1986. A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network based in New York City. ...

The album was re-released by Spitfire Records in 1999 along with all the other albums of the band, except Stay Hungry. Spitfire Records is a subdivision of Eagle Rock Entertainment located in New York, United States. ...

Track listing

1. "Come Out and Play" (Dee Snider) – 4:51
2. "Leader of the Pack" (Ellie Greenwich, Shadow Morton, Jeff Barry) – 3:48
3. "You Want What We Got" (Dee Snider) – 3:45
4. "I Believe in Rock 'n' Roll" (Dee Snider) – 4:03
5. "The Fire Still Burns" (Dee Snider) – 3:34
6. "Be Chrool to Your Scuel" (Dee Snider) – 3:53
7. "I Believe in You" (Dee Snider) – 5:23
8. "Out on the Streets" (Dee Snider) – 4:27
9. "Lookin' Out for #1" (Dee Snider) – 3:07
10. "Kill or Be Killed" (Dee Snider) – 2:47
11. "King of the Fools" (Dee Snider) [bonus track in cassette and CD versions] – 6:26

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Credits

Twisted Sister

• Dee Snider – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda – lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals
• Jay Jay French – rhythm & lead guitars, backing vocals
• Mark "The Animal" Mendoza – bass, backing vocals (growls)
• A. J. Pero – drums, backing vocals

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Additional musicians

• Alan St. John – keyboards
• Don Dokken – backing vocals
• Gary Holland – backing vocals
• Brian Setzer – guitar solo on "Be Chrool to Your Scuel"
• Billy Joel – piano on "Be Chrool to Your Scuel"
• Clarence Clemons – saxophone solo on "Be Chrool to Your Scuel"
• Crispin Cieo – baritone saxophone on "Be Chrool to Your Scuel"
• Arno "Cool-Ray" Hecht – tenor saxophone on "Be Chrool to Your Scuel"
• Bad Bob Funk – trombone on "Be Chrool to Your Scuel"
• Hollywood Paul Litteral – trumpet on "Be Chrool to Your Scuel"
• The Uptown Horns – horn section on "Be Chrool to Your Scuel"
• Alice Cooper – accompanying vocals on "Be Chrool to Your Scuel"
• Julia Waters – backing vocals on "Be Chrool to Your Scuel"
• Maxine Waters – backing vocals on "Be Chrool to Your Scuel"

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Production

• Dieter Dierks – producer, LP audio mastering
• Eddy Delana – sound engineer
• Craig Engel – assistant engineer in Los Angeles
• Craig Vogel – assistant engineer in New York
• Bob Ludwig – LP audio mastering
• Mikael Kirke – art director
• Mark "Weiss-Guy" Weiss – art director, photographer
• Barry Diament – CD audio mastering

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Singles

• "Leader of the Pack"
• "Be Chrool to Your Scuel"
• "You Want What We Got"

External links

• Album lyrics from Twisted Sister's official web site

References